Export-Import Bank of India is the premier export finance institution of the country, set up in 1982 under the Export-Import

Bank of India Act 1981

[edit] Description Government of India launched the institution with a mandate, not just to enhance exports from India, but to integrate the countrys foreign trade and investment with the overall economic growth. Since its inception, Exim Bank of India has been both a catalyst and a key player in the promotion of cross border trade and investment. Commencing operations as a purveyor of export credit, like other Export Credit Agencies in the world, Exim Bank of India has, over the period, evolved into an institution that plays a major role in partnering Indian industries, particularly the Small and Medium Enterprises, in their globalisation efforts, through a wide range of products and services offered at all stages of the business cycle, starting from import of technology and export product development to export production, export marketing, pre-shipment and postshipment and overseas investment.[3] [edit] Organization Exim Bank is managed by a Board of Directors, which has representatives from the Government, Reserve Bank of India, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, a financial institution, public sector banks, and the business community. The Bank's functions are segmented into several operating groups including:

Corporate Banking Group which handles a variety of financing programmes for Export Oriented Units (EOUs), Importers, and overseas investment by Indian companies. Project Finance / Trade Finance Group handles the entire range of export credit services such as supplier's credit, pre-shipment Agri Business Group, to spearhead the initiative to promote and support Agri-exports. The Group handles projects and export transactions in the agricultural sector for financing. Small and Medium Enterprise: The group handles credit proposals from SMEs under various lending programmes of the Bank. Export Services Group offers variety of advisory and value-added information services aimed at investment promotion. Export Marketing Services Bank offers assistance to Indian companies, to enable them establish their products in overseas markets. Besides these, the Support Services groups, which include: Research & Planning, Corporate Finance, Loan Recovery, Internal Audit, Management Information Services, Information Technology, Legal, Human Resources Management and Corporate Affairs.

The Export-Import Bank of India, also known as Exim Bank of India, is the leading export finance institution in the country. The bank was set up in the year 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981. The Government of India launched the Export-Import Bank Of India with an aim to augment exports from India and also to combine the country's foreign trade and investment with the overall economic growth. The bank began its operations as a supplier of export credit, but has over the period evolved into an institution that plays a major role in partnering Indian Industries including small and medium enterprises. Export-Import Bank Of India Initiatives

Export-Import Bank of India has been one of the prime institutions that encourages project exports from India. The bank offers wide-ranging services for enhancing the prospect of Indian project exports. Exim Bank's Overseas Investment Finance program gives a variety of facilities for Indian reserves and acquirements overseas. The facilities consist of direct equity participation by the bank in the overseas venture and non-funded activities by the overseas venture and loan to the Indian companies for equity participation in the venture abroad. As part of Exim Bank's marketing Finance Program, the bank offers support to small and medium enterprises in their export marketing efforts consisting of financing the soft expenditure linking to completion of tactical and systematic export market development plans. Export-Import Bank Of India Objective

The primary objective of the Export-Import Bank of India is to provide financial assistance to importers and exporters and function as the top financial institution. Some of the services of the bank include: overseas investment finance, film finance, export credit, finance for export oriented units and agricultural & SME finance. In the period of 2005- 2006 the total amount of loan given out by the bank amounted to 150,389 million, while this figure shot up to ` 220,760 million in the flowing year. Export-Import Bank Of India and Foreign Trade

Export-Import Bank of India plays the role of source of finance, promoter, coordinator and consultation to India's Foreign Trade. The bank is the coordinator of the Working Group Mechanism for the clearance of projects, service exports and deferred payment exports. This group comprises of Exim Bank and Government of India representatives from the Ministries of Finance, Commerce and external Affairs, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd, commercial banks that are certified foreign exchange dealers and the Reserve Bank of India. This working group gives clearance to contracts sponsored by Exim Bank or commercial banks and operates as a single window mechanism for clearance of export proposal terms.